(2245) Hekatostos Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 January 1968 by L. I. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
The Greek ordinal number acknowledges this as the 100th minor planet to be numbered as a result of the joint observational program of the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad and the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory at Nauchnij.Naming citation (MPC 5850), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hekatostos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hekatostos is 2.39 au from the Sun and 1.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2245 |
| Provisional designation | 1968 BC |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 29.3 km (#1,404 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0622 |
| Rotation period | 20.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.29 – 2.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.31 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 January 1968
More named asteroids discovered by L. I. Chernykh
- (1737) Severny
- (1771) Makover
- (1772) Gagarin
- (1789) Dobrovolsky
- (1790) Volkov
- (1792) Reni
- (1805) Dirikis
- (1828) Kashirina
- (1832) Mrkos
- (1833) Shmakova
- (1855) Korolev
- (1856) Ruzena
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